BALCLUTHA. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Otago Witness, Issue 1751, 13 June 1885, Page 14

BALCLUTHA. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

TnR Wratiikr —At the Mmo <<f writing ( Wf dneaday noon) the eluments a r o of a vv'nfry a c p^c4 Mo i-i y evning and all Tuesday we'd very ' o ob! b erous a-.d veetertiay afternoon it be^oVencd »iuA intbe'ii ect'on of a fall of enow. Snow clou'la we.'a hnvoii g round in 'arge numbers, aal it was p'oreincrly (del out-doors, things gradually g stting 1 nvro f - ! gid as the den'hs of night came on uh. 'In day tbi'ura a?o a little better, nut ooly a lifiM -», and it cannot y3h ba eaid that the weather Ip goi'ig to take up aj?am The heavy wi^d of Monday incroised »p<ce ai tho do y woie on, and iv the evening wi experienced a boisterous gilo Bn'ond the sma-hlng of fnmo pasca of glas^ I have heard rf no d image resulting. 'iwA Hours at Hasib —Mr And cw Purva-' Sco'ch entertainment on Monday evening. In Bwr'o Hill, was not an unquil fieii euccosa Tl^ere wai a poor audience, not numbering 50, awl the lakiags v/ere about £3 The bill of fare cona's cd of uv pr^.reicliogs, recitation 5 !, and anecdotes, alt esscn'iiiiy Sco'ch in charaster Tho tnteitalner did b'S PM't in a vory uupr itentioua manner, aid frcqucn ly amused his audience in no small decrree. Misa ••harp preal'cd efflclpntly at the piano I Inpo Mr Purv'es* ua\t place of cill will accord him n, larjrov sha o rf patronage Parlumentary Union —To cur credifc bo it, faid this society haf begum lifi under uu^t f ivomublH auspices. The hon. -members roero s ent our be=t public men, who evidently mean to nuki> tha "riioa "go." Tho Clerk of the Hcu->e is "■> be complimented on the energy he hat d-snlaydd in thi matter, and principally through hia I'fforrs ran it be paid that the member bio ro 1 c>nNiini 00 > i me*— a laaer number, I think, than oitiher that of the Tuap°ka or Bruce lTnion j . 'I ho following o 'inpri-o the Ministry that will meet tho Hiw-o t^ni^hli, and (lieu- re^pectivo port'ohoa :-^lr Dvniel itew u - ', >'remier f.nd Attorney-general ; M ■ John S nv 1 v Fic"ni'ic, J. 1^ , Cot^n'al Secretary and aiinl-itcr of Junico ; Mr William Pi well, Colonial Trcsurer *nd Commi ■fioncr of Tele^rapn?, Siaraps, o.n-\ Customs; Mr June? Hogg, M"i tor for Public Works, ite'ence, i» d Native Afi3iiß; Mr Clifford < hrii'ie, Minster fir Lands and Mines; Mr Ale-.ca-.dcr Gnsr^r, Minister for Education ; Rev, T F. ! olil, Poxt-master-generil. Ii will be a'-ri fed t,h t on tho list pri's-nts a very priwa fill •I'-'pearanco. A c-ircidenre ii thit the res "c'ivti Preinioss cf <he riu' », Ttrpeka, B'uco, Hnd I belWe ano cf ths Dunedln Parliarien!a l- y ITn'o'if). are a I memhoa r the tfgal prrife-sion As the Ooverror i t tbe Ci tha Union (J. W Thomson, Esq.. M.H.K.) cmnot he P'Psent this evening at tbo openinsr ce'enioule.-), tho iuautjural preliminaries wi 1 be admi-iißierod by cotnmisiion No doubt the oprnl'-nr cerpinonie' iD connection with our local Parliament will be inrb with a full House.

On Uit -Apropos to the foregoing, I ho*r ihcA tho followin ; ques iona, replies, and noticoo nf motion will, among other?, ba mndepub'ic during th 1 tveniDg : - Tho Premier notified that Government in no wiy contemplated any further reduction in tho i xiating «cale t,f eoliclt<rs' f<.e3 He thought those ad present ruling were perfectly reasonable. Tho Cilonlnl Treisurer said his Qoverr.m-nt wete not prepared to support Stats banks -''thov didr.'t bel'evo in 'cm — The Minister for Native Affairs was nod aftmrothat she Slaoil pocu'ation wag incr«a y in» — it anyratc ao far as the J-outh Isliv.d was ennc-'med; but >Ivj uifit l er wo-jld be inquired into —The Colonial fce^ristarv gave notice tbat during the ses ion h i wnu'd bring dow n a bll providing for the re-fcion cf the i oniT's iisf s Ihroueh'-ut the Oniony. — I - rcily to a quostio i, tho Pos'rnaster general eaid hi 3 Go"erntafiuti eon'emolated a e^niideraOle reduction on maninge licm c- fees -- The h r n. member for Wellington r.s'Ked i( Govcr^oiorit nou'dsupp rt a bill he iiitend?d framin/, provldi'ig fo.- the remlsiinn of 1 1 per lb of dwy on soft soap '; The hon m'inber for the Peninsula asked tho Defeuce llibi^ter if it were not atlvisalilu to purc^a-e an llin Gitllng <»un, sime to beerortid at the junct'onof Kenfi c v and l< 1 z .heth streets ; further, tha*. a torpedo be placed in a v\ aterhole at Fini.'s corner to ensur3 tho tafG yof the borough The h~n. member placed his lengthened rollitary experience at the pen ice of his tountrv. The hon. memher for Tu-peka asked Government did they not think it would bo wise to at once bring into force the proviai^ns of tha Contagious Disf a~e9 Act. Hn intimate I hio iniention of friming a bill providin? for ihe better protection of femalts 'i he hon member t ir Oaimr i not fied his intention of introdu'i'ng 1 a bill providing foy women's ■uffrago — (Oheera.) 'Jhe bl'l was now in course of prepavattor, nnd he had betn requested by hia constituent! to bring it bo ? ri4< 'h^ House ao early an possible The hon. mtinber i r Caversham wished to k->ow if Government were aware a nostrum sold thro' uhoud the length and broidlh of the lard at la oil per b^s, vcleplt, "rouphon rats," was a villainous comoouud, tho profits en which were enormous ; fnnher, for sreneial em>acy thpy wrn not to be com'arcj with a omall box of hia renowned a>iti''ilious p;1!k, a sample of wh eh ho wouid bog to present the M'ntFti-y for acalypis.

Scamps, a couple of fellows made themselves olmxiou* here onTue day. They weiit o» a house-tn-h u=is begaing expedition, "ml, not lacUiig audacity, <hey managed to doJ/erywell. Iheyare east'y recogniced, as one of thcu has a wood-n leg. No one grudges gluing a ireal to a poor, hard up chap, bun r.'hon this impudent manner ih te3oited to foi mocoy to buy drink, th<i public oughi to bo warned of the charact ra likely to tjoub'o tfaPau. I hear that tho cent wi h the >vooden leg victimised soj^q of our 6torikeeurrs, telling the usual p table c'oryof c. painful accident, lnng-suffer-ing. &c, in which Btatemanii hp was well backed up l.y hii mate. This ia not tho fiikt ca-e of the kind 'Jiat ba9 taken p!aoa lately iv the district. JJot long x; nee a rather well--lre=sed young man called upon a clai2jm3n residing a few miles from Balclutha, representing hisi3»U ai being well connected at Homo, and unluckilv'out.of ca B h fr is ehoit time. The benevolo t eleiici) was oorrnoassioned by tho young rascal's woll-concic'rd yarn, an<J took him inr.o his own Loiieo, keeping him for (oiae week*. FinaUy the vountr man iutluced the c e'gv i^an 111 1 lend him somo f*w pounds, and shortly a'ter the fellow bolted, and the c;erp;-inan has been unable to discovoi- his whereabouts fine.

Wfll vkritco —Tt is pleasing to he*r that Mr and M»s Wui b ai d farr>i!v wo no'i to take their dop.rtnre from J'a'cln^hi without receiving s^iue <-l ght lecognit'on cf th ir ssrvlcoi thiy have alw ys co roaoily piven in any m.itter amin? at thnw.-faro of t.io Lo'Oiigh or xsha'i'able in tittitions. jVr Webb's d^s'.i- > aHon is Ch'istcburch. and ho is to be succpeded in the manaueoeetu of the local branch of the National Bank by Mr Lishcp.